Can you use this to connect a USB external hard drive into an existing router via ethernet?
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I don't really know the answer... but I don't think it was intended to work that way. If you plug in the hard drive into the USB and then plug in the Ethernet connector and not hook up the computer, I don't think there's a built in server or anything to directly access the hard drive over the network.
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Yes. I have a 2TB GoFlex Home Network drive this I converted using this to USB.
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NO! The ethernet router would need to be configured to accept a DSL signal; that isn'
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It depends on the router. Does the USB port support external hard drives and serve them on the network? It should work, but Thunderbolt is what makes this worth buying, not USB.
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The simple answer is: No.The USB ports are for moving data from the Network Drive to a flash drive (or vice versa).
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no. you have to connect it to the router directly via an ethernet cable. you can then connect to any drives connected to it though via your network, including wireless connections if your computer youre trying to access the drives from and your router has wifi capabilitiesthe box itself though is not wirelessanother warning, this device does NOT support drives over 2tb in size and the usb ports on it are usb2.0 not usb3.0
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Unfortunately, the USB is set up to access a Hard drive, not the network. There is an Ethernet port on the back that requires HARD-WIRED to a router or hub.
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I doubt it. This device is for connecting PCs and embedded computers to Ethernet. You may want to call the manufacturer of your card machine, though. They might support generic USB-to-Ethernet devices.
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you can try a usb to ethernet converted, but since your usb ports will barely work on this laptop, it probably won't work.
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Bob R.My new router has a usb connection, could that possibly used to connect an external HD for streaming purposes? ( I'm really not sure what it's for)Thanks
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The drive app will see the folders; how it interacts w/ your ethernet question is unknown. It should work, but ... connectivity is diceySorry I cannot be more specifici
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Sorry, no this won't directly work with that. It might be possible to bridge the connections, but it's possible the Cricket device wouldn't permit such an arrangement (which is managed by an operating system... you would plug both the USB modem and the Router into the same computer). anyway, the router requires an ethernet connection to its internet gateway.
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I have no idea where these yes and/or maybe answers are coming from. Even if your router is one of the few with a USB interface specifically for hard drives (airport extreme is one), you can't call this USB unit a network hard drive. A network hard drive has an ethernet or wifi interface, which these do not have. The only correct answer is no, it won't work as a network hard drive. Are we all talking about the same exact Toshiba? Maybe not since Amazon likes to make changes and lump things together as one, but I doubt any in this series have ever been network capable.
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No. It needs to be physically connected to an Ethernet port either through a wall jack or another router.
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The previous answers are wrong. The USB port is for adding additional hard drives only. You can only access the files through the Ethernet connection.
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Depends if your cable modem has a usb port, but I'd guess it wouldn't work. Usually a router is something that has a usb port for something like this. This would allow you to plug a drive into it and then be able to access it from computers on your network: http://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-WNR3500L-Open-Source-WNR3500Lv2-Processor/dp/B002RYYZZS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1428902380&sr=8-1&keywords=WNR3500L
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Nope unfortunately ethernet cable isnt up to spec to carry SDI signal. Wont work.